Sign in

Judith Lewis Mernit

@robottwyla.bsky.social
1.2K followers 973 following 1.2K posts

Novelist, journalist, dog enthusiast. Minnesota native, Los Angeles escapee. Loving life and love by the beautiful Hudson River.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This study was unethical when it was announced last year and it remains unethical today. The birth dose of the hepatitis b vaccine prevents perinatal acquisition of the infection. You cannot randomize a group of newborns to not receive it while giving it to others. www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...
linkedin.com
Hepatitis B vaccine study condemned as unethical wins approval from Danish university
519887
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
4423801001
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 5h
I was just thinking about this! People say “you have to rake!” And I’m like “why do I have to rake? I like it like this.”
020
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 6h
"A 2025 study found that removing the leaves from suburban lawns in Maryland reduced the next year’s crop of moths and butterflies by 45 percent." GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/s...
nytimes.com
The Underappreciated Benefits of Leaving Fallen Leaves Alone (Gift Article)
To homeowners, fallen leaves look like work. To nature, they’re an investment, with tremendous value on the secondary market as invertebrate real estate.
141
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social · 16h
Saw Musk and Digger back to back. They’re very similar. But Digger’s superiority is a good reminder that the heart and mind live on art. Musk also exudes despair. It stank up the theater.
1213
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 18h
There are no "rogue AI agents" that are spoiling the reputation of all the GOOD AI agents. Anthropic created a bad and dangerous product; the bad and dangerous product did this. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
nytimes.com
Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Sites
The company said rogue A.I. agents acted on their own as they tried to access federal, state and local sites. The Philadelphia Police Department said its site was one of them.
15415119
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @navinpokala.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think Jon Ossoff just shot the Civility Police dead, good riddance bsky.app/profile/atru...
314419
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18h
Panama earthquake: Tsunami warnings issued after magnitude 7.7 quake aje.news/y7oqvb
Panama earthquake: Tsunami warnings issued after magnitude 7.7 quake
26931
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
CNN @cnn.com · 17h
CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports on the major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 that has struck southern Panama. Read more: cnn.it/3UgBIac
25127
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 20h
The Trump administration has denied Illinois’ request for disaster relief — again. The state sought FEMA’s help after days of severe weather in and around the Chicago area in August. FEMA granted Indiana’s request for help with the same storm. buff.ly/P3ElxRb
8312162
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
MeToo went about 1% as far as it should have gone.
1061896
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
At the point where you’re gassing the people trying to save a grandmother tree do you stop and think, am I evil?
111411
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One of the first things Fidel Castro did upon taking power was televising live executions by firing squad.
39674216
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
4083468610464
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
begging with all my heart for more Democrats running in this election cycle to pick up what Jon Ossoff is putting down CALL 👏 THEM 👏 NAZIS 👏 TO 👏 THEIR 👏 FACE
04003823
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And we wonder why so few women report sexual assault.
110
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dude makes some good points tho
010
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 07/10/2026
guys i don't know... i feel like if you try to chemically kill a woman twice and it doesn't work that's the limit I think you gotta leave her alone www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
nytimes.com
Christa Pike Live Updates: Her Lawyers Say She Is Angry and Confused After Failed Execution (Gift Article)
A Tennessee judge said the state must preserve syringes and other material from the execution chamber a week after Ms. Pike survived two doses of a drug meant to kill her.
2253458
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I like the way Webtoons does it: You buy a pack of credits, or earn credits watching an ad, and use those credits to unlock a bunch of episodes. Could that work for digital news sources?
110
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Maria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 08/10/2026
Per-transaction processing costs are the problem. We were ready to do it in 2018 on a blockchain-based publishing platform called Civil, but then the market crashed and took our project with it People are right to be wary of blockchain but it could also be used to do a lot of good
4101
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am hopeful that years from now the jurisprudence of Samuel Alito is pushed to the same corners as Plessy and Korematsu. His notion that “religious freedom” requires elevating a brand of Christianity above criticism turns the First Amendment on its head. abcnews.com/Politics/thr...
abcnews.com
Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
2822898
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
331790546
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Damn. What an icon. RIP
news.mit.edu
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
51341324
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“The primary reason that diesel and other refined products aren’t making it out of the Middle East is that refineries across the region, in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and elsewhere, are down following missile strikes and other outages stemming from the war.”
713362
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
projects.propublica.org
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
6027691581
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
2/ Federal agents have detained at least 70 children and teens who are American citizens. Some were handcuffed or zip-tied. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member.
At least 70 U.S. citizen children detained, some of whom were handcuffed
7768261
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Right, it’s not even much of a question is it? I mean we know what Hitler would do because he did it.
000
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is so beautiful and true.
020
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8
scim.ag
How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
432184778
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/10/2026
Astronomy news for spooky season: a zombie planet orbiting a dead (but still hostile) star. Evidence suggests the following: Star dies, expels outer layers, becomes white dwarf. Gas giant forms from the debris. White dwarf is now blasting planet with radiation, shearing off some of its atmosphere.
science.nasa.gov
Suspected Second-generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case - NASA Science
New analysis of archival Hubble data points to the possibility of "dead" white dwarf stars hosting second-generation planetary systems.
27695156
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I think European fascists smell better. Even if they don’t bathe.
010
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
222842965
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 05/10/2026
Imagine having a degree from Harvard in philosophy and sneering at people for worrying about funding for their "precious liberal arts degrees."
815518
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m sorry you had to go through that. For me it was The Twilight Zone. Never leave the closet open at night.
000
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How may I help you?
Macro photo of a very plump apple green caterpillar facing us head on, reared-up, its six forelegs clasped expectantly.

It is a late instar larva of Antheraea polyphemus.
2143259
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Sam @samd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
brings me no joy to say that Fukuyama nailed it
But supposing that the world has become "filled up," so to speak, with liberal democracies, such that there exist no tyranny and oppression worthy of the name against which to struggle?
Experience suggests that if men cannot struggle on behalf of a just cause because that just cause was victorious in an earlier gen-eration, then they will struggle against the just cause. They will struggle for the sake of struggle. They will struggle, in other words, out of a certain boredom: for they cannot imagine living in a world without struggle. And if the greater part of the world in which they live is characterized by peaceful and prosperous liberal democracy, then they will struggle against that peace and pros-perity, and against democracy.
1049292
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why are we not allowed to judge the character of the voters who want this?
461465324
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Ian @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“We should try something different by putting a guy who tried to overthrow the government back in power.” Americans hate history.
1259
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I ground-gamed my ass off today. Actually it’s more like ass ON because of all those gd hills.
010
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
5 hospitals have been closed for quarantines in Siberia due to a possible plague outbreak. Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
41913
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
Last week, I was invited into the homes of Jewish New Yorkers across the city to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot.
Mayor Mamdani stands in a sukkah with Brad Landwr under warm lights and strings of pomegranates. Mayor Mamdani and Asm Claire Valdez and Sen Jabari Brisport join New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani visits New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani sits in a sukkah with New Yorkers.
10276371094
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Micah @rincewind.run · 04/10/2026
man I would like one fucking electorate - one! - to remember that fascism is bad for more than five minutes at a time
312706445
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
And yet... www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Brazil election goes to run-off as right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round
With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.
58916
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
Brazil election moves to runoff after Lula and Bolsonaro fail to garner majority vote, electoral court says.
bit.ly
Brazil heads to runoff election after Bolsonaro, Lula fail to garner majority vote
Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off on Oct. 25 in a runoff for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy.
39714204
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
courthousenews.com
Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
451197598
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/10/2026
I really don't get it. Trump polls at like single digits across the world but then every country is like, but our right wing populist is different!
871292216
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.
361377498
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A bunch of people on this site have pointed out that he’s voted twice in his life, in 2016 and 2024, and his socials are all “stand with Trump,”even right after January 6, 2021. So maybe not so lifelong a Democrat.
060
Reposted by Judith Lewis Mernit
Anna Maltese @annamaltese.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When you want the Machine to keep existing because if it were to *actually* be in the hands of someone capable it would stop being something you make your millions "Raging" against. Fuck Tom Morello, fuck every white man like him from him to the Cornell rapists. They're all on the same team.
1017151
Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But why vote for the guy guaranteed to make things worse? That’s what I don’t understand.
110